Swimming goggles storage assembly

ABSTRACT

A swimming goggles storage assembly for storing and drying swimming goggles includes a canister that has a plurality of drain holes therein to drain a fluid from the canister. A lid is removably positioned on the canister to close the canister. The lid has a plurality of drain apertures therein to pass the fluid therethrough when the lid is positioned on the canister. A pair of swimming goggles is provided and the swimming goggles are inserted into the canister after the swimming goggles are worn in water for storage. The drain holes in the canister and the drain apertures in the lid facilitate the swimming goggles to dry in the canister.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (1) Field of the Invention. (2) Description of Related Art including information disclosed under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98.

The disclosure and prior art relates to storage devices and more particularly pertains to a new storage device for storing and drying swimming goggles.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a canister that has a plurality of drain holes therein to drain a fluid from the canister. A lid is removably positioned on the canister to close the canister. The lid has a plurality of drain apertures therein to pass the fluid therethrough when the lid is positioned on the canister. A pair of swimming goggles is provided and the swimming goggles are inserted into the canister after the swimming goggles are worn in water for storage. The drain holes in the canister and the drain apertures in the lid facilitate the swimming goggles to dry in the canister.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a canister and a lid of a swimming goggles storage assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a front phantom view of a canister and a lid of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a top view of a lid of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 4 thereof, a new storage device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 4, the swimming goggles storage assembly 10 generally comprises a canister 12 that has a plurality of drain holes 14 drain a fluid from the canister 12. The canister 12 has a bottom wall 16 and an outer wall 18 extending upwardly therefrom. Moreover, the outer wall 18 has a distal edge 20 with respect to the bottom wall 16 defining an opening 22 into the canister 12. The drain holes 14 are distributed around the outer wall 18 and the bottom wall 16.

A lid 24 is provided and the lid 24 is removably positioned on the canister 12 to close the canister 12. The lid 24 has a plurality of drain apertures 26 therein to pass the fluid therethrough when the lid 24 is positioned on the canister 12. The lid 24 has a top wall 28 and an outermost wall 30 extending downwardly from a peripheral edge 32 of the top wall 28, and the outermost wall 30 is continuous such that the lid 24 has a disk shape. Each of the drain apertures 26 is positioned on the top wall 28. The top wall 28 abuts the distal edge 20 of the canister 12 and the outermost wall 30 frictionally engages the outer wall 18 of the canister 12 to releasably retain the lid 24 on the canister 12.

A pair of swimming goggles 34 is included and the swimming goggles 34 are inserted into the canister 12 after the swimming goggles 34 are worn in water for storage. The drain holes 14 in the canister 12 and the drain apertures 26 in the lid 24 facilitate the swimming goggles 34 to dry. In this way mold, mildew and other bacterial growth on the swimming goggles 34 is reduced when the swimming goggles 34 are stored in the canister 12. Additionally, the swimming goggles 34 will be dry for subsequent use without requiring a user to manually dry the swimming goggles 34. The swimming goggles 34 may be swimming goggles of any conventional design.

In use, the swimming goggles 34 are inserted into the canister 12 for storage after the swimming goggles 34 have been worn for swimming or the like. The lid 24 is positioned on the canister 12 to retain the swimming goggles 34 in the canister 12. Each of the drain holes 14 and the drain apertures 26 facilitates water that drips from the goggles to exit the canister 12. Additionally, each of the drain holes 14 and the drain apertures 26 facilitates air to move in and out of the canister 12 thereby facilitating the swimming goggles 34 to dry. In this way bacterial growth on the swimming goggles 34 is reduced during storage and the swimming goggles 34 will be dried for subsequent use.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements. 

Amendments in the claims: (struck-through parts deleted and underlined parts added):
 1. A swimming goggles storage assembly for storing swimming goggles, said assembly comprising: a canister having a plurality of drain holes therein wherein each of said drain holes is configured to drain a fluid from said canister, said canister having a bottom wall and an outer wall extending perpendicularly and upwardly from said bottom wall, said outer wall having a distal edge with respect to said bottom wall defining an opening into said canister, said drain holes being distributed around said outer wall such that a center of each drain hole positioned around said outer wall is positioned within a single plane perpendicular to said outer wall, said drain holes positioned in said outer wall being centrally positioned between said bottom wall and said distal edge; a lid being removably positioned on said canister to close said canister, said lid having a plurality of drain apertures therein wherein each of said drain apertures is configured to pass the fluid therethrough when said lid is positioned on said canister; and a pair of swimming goggles, said swimming goggles being inserted insertable into said canister after said swimming goggles are worn in water for storage wherein said drain holes and said drain apertures facilitate said swimming goggles to dry while positioned in said canister.
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 4. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said lid has a top wall and an outermost wall extending downwardly from a peripheral edge of said top wall, said outermost wall being continuous such that said lid has a disk shape, said top wall abutting said distal edge of said canister having said outermost wall frictionally engaging said outer wall of said canister to releasably retain said lid on said canister.
 5. The assembly according to claim 4, wherein each of said drain apertures is positioned on said top wall.
 6. A swimming goggles storage assembly for storing swimming goggles, said assembly comprising: a canister having a plurality of drain holes therein wherein each of said drain holes is configured to drain a fluid from said canister, said drain holes being distributed around said outer wall and said bottom wall said canister having a bottom wall and an outer wall extending perpendicularly and upwardly from said bottom wall, said outer wall having a distal edge with respect to said bottom wall defining an opening into said canister, said drain holes being distributed around said outer wall such that a center of each drain hole positioned around said outer wall is positioned within a single plane perpendicular to said outer wall, said drain holes positioned in said outer wall being centrally positioned between said bottom wall and said distal edge; a lid being removably positioned on said canister to close said canister, said lid having a plurality of drain apertures therein wherein each of said drain apertures is configured to pass the fluid therethrough when said lid is positioned on said canister, said lid having a top wall and an outermost wall extending downwardly from a peripheral edge of said top wall, said outermost wall being continuous such that said lid has a disk shape, each of said drain apertures being positioned on said top wall and arranged radially around a center of said top wall, said top wall abutting said distal edge of said canister having said outermost wall frictionally engaging said outer wall of said canister to releasably retain said lid on said canister; and a pair of swimming goggles, said swimming goggles being insertable into said canister after said swimming goggles are worn in water for storage wherein said drain holes and said drain apertures facilitate the swimming goggles to dry while positioned in said canister. 